Mechiel Van Dyke

Mechiel Van Dyke (died 2 September 1941) was a Dutch Resistance fighter during World War II. In 1941, he was tasked with carrying the explosives that were to be used in the Antwerp-Amsterdam railroad attack, but he was killed by the German soldiers as the resistance members reached the bridge, leaving it up to downed Royal Air Force airman James Doyle to blow up the bridge.